NI Water has confirmed that a sewer spill into a local watercourse last week was caused by a blockage of baby wipes, and fats, oil and grease in the sewer.

A 120 tonne fatberg, equivalent in size of a blue whale, has been removed from a large trunk sewer in Oxford. Clearing the fatberg required a coordinated effort from multiple Thames Water teams and contractors, highlighting the scale and complexity of the operation.

South West Water is working to keep the region’s sewers free from unwanted fats, oils and greases in a bid to reduce blockages.

Scottish Water is launching a new partnership approach to tackling the threat of fatbergs in city centre sewers.

Drainage company Lanes Group has announced the launch of their fifth annual Unblocktober campaign.

Yorkshire Water has partnered with Cobra Hydro to use innovative technology to help tackle the problem of sewer blockages caused by fats, oils and greases from the York’s food services establishments. 

Allowing fat and oil to get into the Thames Water sewer network has cost a pub management company £91,000 in court.

United Utilities sewer teams had to tackle a record number of call-outs in Cheshire over the holiday period to unblock public and private sewer pipes.

Anglian Water has said that a sewer leak which flooded a shop and caused traffic chaos in Cambridge was the result of fat entering the sewer system.